Dionne spent 14 years with The New York Times before joining the Post in 1990. Also a frequent commentator on politics for National Public Radio, CNN and NBC's "Meet the Press," he is the author of numerous books, including "Why Americans Hate Politics," which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was nominated for a National Book Award. He is co-editor of the 2000 work "What's God Got To Do With the American Experiment?"